Doggie Translater

from the why-don't-you-just-tell-me-what-you-want? dept

Japanese company Takara is working on Bowlingual, a gadget that could allow better communication between Man and his best friend. The device can listen to a dog, determines what his barks mean and then plays a prerecorded phrase. Now if we could just get a similar device that allows humans to understand each other.
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    mhh5, 10 May 2002 @ 8:17am

    hmmm...

    Didn't Homer's brother invent something like this? I think his machine translated what Maggie gurgled....

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    • identicon
      Timaaay!, 10 May 2002 @ 9:14am

      Re: hmmm...

      Yes Herb Powell has prior art!

      link to this | view in chronology ]

    • identicon
      Jessica, 19 Apr 2003 @ 1:06pm

      Re: hmmm...

      Yes it was for Maggie.

      link to this | view in chronology ]

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      D.Coaton, 3 May 2007 @ 3:21pm

      Re: hmmm...

      We need to know how to make a doggie translater

      link to this | view in chronology ]

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      D.Coaton, 3 May 2007 @ 3:29pm

      Re: doggie translater

      We need to know how to make a doggie translater. Is there available a circuit diagram showing componentry and instructions for assembly.

      link to this | view in chronology ]

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      D.Coaton, 3 May 2007 @ 3:31pm

      Re: doggie translater

      We need to know how to make a doggie translater. Is there available a circuit diagram showing componentry and instructions for assembly.

      link to this | view in chronology ]

  • identicon
    Alexis Agahi, 11 May 2002 @ 8:36am

    See the picture

    Check this. The dog looks great ;)

    link to this | view in chronology ]


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